Job Description
INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT MANAGER
JOB DESCRIPTION
Outline
The International Recruitment Manager is a highly visible Champion for Claremont, combining exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills with a proactive, commercially focused approach to international recruitment and business development for students from 11 years to 18 years of age.
The role requires an individual who can confidently represent Claremont School as its face and voice in international markets, proactively identify and convert opportunities, and build strong, trusted relationships with families, agents and partners. Equally, the postholder must be an exceptionally organised and dependable administrator, with the accuracy, discretion and attention to detail required to maintain highly sensitive student and immigration data, ensuring that records are complete, accurate and compliant with UK visa and immigration regulations and school systems. The role carries clear accountability for agreed KPIs including recruitment targets and reporting.
The International Recruitment Manager reports directly to the Head of Admissions and works closely with the Principal, Heads of School, Director of Boarding, and the Head of Marketing. The post holder will be expected to be a key point of contact effectively liaising with the full school community, including the Senior Leadership Team, plus partners, and families.
The International Recruitment Manager is expected to be the UKVI Key Contact for Claremont.
● Location: You will be based at our Prep School
● Line Manager: Head of Admissions
● Pay: Commensurate to experience + Bonus Scheme
ISP Principles
1. Begin with our children and students. Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.
2. Treat everyone with care and respect. We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the well-being of self and others.
3. Operate effectively. We focus relentlessly on the things that are most important and will make the most difference. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.
4. Learn continuously. Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.
Key Responsibilities
1. Admissions, supporting proactive recruitment activities and achieve student recruitment targets
• Be responsible for the effective management of the whole admissions process for international students at the Prep and Senior Schools.
• Manage the enquiries from the Hubspot CMS database provided by the Head of Admissions, and subsequently track all steps of the admissions procedure.
• In dealing with enquiries from prospective families, respond quickly and with intelligent information relating to students’ specific needs, and ensuring warm, friendly, organised and efficient customer journey at all times.
• Arrange visits and interviews, including tours or online meetings, ensuring that staff are fully aware of expectations and organisation.
• Follow up each enquiry/visit/interview to secure a registration and formal application.
• Respond quickly to any enquiries received from agents who may enquiry on behalf of a particular family.
• Discuss and record the reasons why any family does not wish to proceed to a formal application.
• Ensure that all children wishing to be enrolled have either been assessed with an appropriate academic test or have been interviewed and met by the Head or a qualified member of the academic staff. (This may include a meeting with the Head of Learning Support for children with any learning difficulties).
• Where possible, arrange ´Taster Day´ experiences and ensure that all staff involved are fully informed with good notice…